Handle for coffeepots or the like



April 24, I928.

F. W. HECHLER HANDLE FOR COFFEEPBTS OR THE LIKE Filed Oct. 15. 1927 l NVENTOR 7/? [aw/6x01. hi e/a ER,

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 24, .1928.

v UNITED STATES rrmnnnrcx vw. .HECHLER, or DARBY, PENNSYLVANIIAJ I HANDLE ron corr Erors on THE LiKE.

Application filed October 15, 1927. Serial 110126304.

This invention relates to aculinary vessel such as a cofieepot,'a'tea pot, chocolate pot,

or, the like, and has more especial relation to ahandle therefor which may be erpendicularly elevated out of the range'of heat and flames of a fire and held in raised position,

under spring tension.

' The-leading ob'ect of of a handle of the character stated the slidQ ing partsnof which may be stamped from sheet metal 'or the like to provide very' simple, efficient, and comparativelyinexpensive parts.

A further object of. the present invention is to provide an. arrangement,combination, and connection. of parts. forattaining the results soughty'by the foregoingobject.

A still further object of'tlie present invention is to provide a handle ofthe character stated which while slidable in a vertical manner with respect to the utensil cannot be detached therefrom either at the lower end or bodily removed. therefrom, but remains apart of the utensil.

Other and further objects not at this time appearing will be hereinafter more fully described. I n r The invention consists of the novel con- :o. structionhereinafter described and finally scope of the invention will be'more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, is a view in side elevation illustrating the application of a handle embodying the invention to a culinary vessel the 40 handle parts being shown in full lines in normal position, and in dotted lines to show the vertical-elevated position of the handle. Fig. 2, is a view of a handle detached from the vessel and is shown partly in elevation and partly in vertical section.

Fig. 3, is a view in cross section taken upon the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. e v 1 Fig.4, is an end view of the plate which is attached to the handle proper and which has slidable relation with the plate shown in Figs. 5 and 6. I

Fig. 5, is a face view of a plate with which the plate shown in Fig. 4 has slidable engagement.

Fig. 6, Fig. 5.

v the'present inven'' tion may be sald to reslde 1n th'eprovision same may be of any conventional 'type.

'ing 7. In I s'rivetedd rectly to "the" vessel 1. ever, in some cases it may be convenient be-' is a view of'the opposite face of For the purpose of illustrating my 'invention l have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is atpresentlj preferred by me, .since the same has been found in practice to ive'satisfactory and reliable results, althoug%i it is to be understood that the various instrumenta'lities of which'my invention consists can be vari ously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to. the precise arrangement and organization'of the instrumentalities as 'herein shown and described. I Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference numeral 1 designates a culinary 7 vessel which maybe a coffeepot, chocolate pot, tea pot or thelike, and but'one half ofv whichis shown in the drawings since the Fixed to the vessel has by rivets orthe like 21s the plate shown in Figs. 5 and 6.. Each end of the plate which is designated by reference numeral 3 is provided with an anguy lar extension the upper extension 5 being; arranged in alignment with extension4, but" being of greater dimensions. The lower extension 4 is apertured for rivet reception and the extension 5 is provided with an elongatedslot 6 the intermediate ends-of which are provided with a circular openr'actice the lower extension 4 cause'of different sized vesselsto first insert the head of the upper rivet 2 through the aperture 7 and then slide the plate 3 along the rivet in order to properly position plate This plate 3 is also slotted at 8 for a purpose to presently appear. Located in the extreme top of the plate 3 is a slot 9, adapted for vertical travel through which is the prong 10 of plate '11, see Fig. 4:. This prong 10 at its lower end is provided with an outi wardly turned lip 12, the normalposition of which is that shown in'Figs. 1 and 2 in which said lipjpasses through the slotted part 13 of the lower end of plate 11, the said lip engaging the outer surface of said plate 11, I

as clearly shown'in Fig. 2. The normal position of the plates 3and 11 is thus that shown in Fig. 2, and the prong 10 has fixed thereto a pin 14 which passes through the late 11 in a horizontalmanner and is provi ed with a washer 15 which abuts against the outer face of plate lland is also provided with a pull knob 16 there being a coiled spring 17 between said washer and knob. Thus, to repurposes.

lease the handle 18 for vertical movement, the operator first pushes down the handle 18 to release the lip 12 from engagement with plate 11 and thereupon pushes inwardly knob 16 against the pressure of spring 17 whereupon the handle 18 may be slid vertically to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This release of the lip 12 may be accomplished for the reason that between the top of plate 11 and the underside oi plate 3 there is a slight space, as clearly shownin l ig. 2. This slight space permits sufiicient movement of the lip 12 in a downward directionto release it from engagement with plate 11. The handle 18 is secured to the plate 11 by means of screws or the like, bolts 19-being shown for illustrative The bolts 19 are contained in angular depressions inthe plate'll in order to aiiord free and unobstructed vertical move mentofthe sliding parts. The slotted part 8 of the plate 3 enables the pin 14 to readily moveup and down through theplate 3'.

It will nowbe apparent that I have devised a noveland useful construction which embodies theieatures of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preierredembodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification. in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any 01 its advang d' I V Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, is:

l.--A cooking utensil having a vertical guide plate fixed thereto, a handle carrying member having a down-turned, hook-like .end slidable vertically of said plate, means operative to-lock said member with respect to said plate, and a. handle 'detachably fixed at each end to said member which member has detachable relation with respect to said utensil. V

2. A cooking utensil having a vertical guld'e plate hired thereto, a handlecarrymg member having a down-tinned, hook-like" ally of said plate, means 'lllOlLldlIlg a spring pressed catch operative end slidable ver-t to lock said'member withrespect-to' said plate, and a handle detachably lixed at each end to said member, which member has detachable relation withrespect to said utensil.

3. A cooking utensil including a. spring extension upon said slidable member and a spring pressed catch,"

operative to lock said member with respect to said plate, and a handle detachably fixed at each end to said member, which-member has detachable relation with respect to said utensil; V

4. A cooking utensil having a vertical guide plate fixed thereto, a handle carrying memberhaving a down tu-rned, hook like- 'end slidable verticallyof said plate, means i operative to lock said member with respect to said plate, a handle'detachably fiXed= at-'-- eachend to said member, which 'memberh'as detachable relation with respect to said uteri sil, and means including a slot and: guide connectionbetween said member and plate for maintaining said parts in vertical, slid ing engagement.

FREDERIOKW. HEGHLER; 

